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MOTOBRICK MARKETPLACE => NM ~ Not Mine - Just Compeled To Post It Up => Topic started by: The Mighty Gryphon on March 31, 2017, 12:25:36 PM
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Couple nice nekkid K75's just came up on Craig's List, low seaters for the vertically challenged:
https://boise.craigslist.org/mcy/6067383761.html
https://stlouis.craigslist.org/mcy/6067487055.html
And another Dakar Yeller K75S surfaces for only $2K:
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/mcy/6067360328.html
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that yeller one is only $1500 now, I'd jump on it except for that color and it's half a country away https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/mcy/6067360328.html
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$1500 is a great price for 41,000 miles. The yellow is an acquired taste thing, I guess. Ace and I have sister ships. The yellow really does look good with the black of the rest of the bike.
Some nice bricks being sold lately. There was a nice 1989 K100RS special edition went about a week ago for just under $2k US in Toronto.
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You guys do know they make paint in other colors ? If I was anywhere close I'd buy it as a matter of fact it makes my recent 91 K100RS purchase look like I was swindled
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Dakar Yellow is a true K lover color............only 100 were imported. I am tempted to own a twin at that price. :euro
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I think I know why only 100 were imported......
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Name any manufacturer with the balls to produce a yellow motorcycle! Yeah, none but BMW. Dakar Yellow, baby! :neener:
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It is one of my two favourite colour schemes - the other being the SE like Jack has
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Never seen a Dakar yellow one in OZ, maybe it was only available in US.
Regards Martin.
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Martin, I am pretty sure I saw one in Europe on Bert's forum. They really are pretty good looking in the flesh. The yellow is a bit subdued, but not a washed out pastel and looks good with the black of the drive train components.
As far as yellow bikes, Suzuki motocrossers and Yamaha road racers come to mind. I think part of the reason you don't see a lot of yellow around is that back in the 90's the EPA outlawed some of the pigments used for yellow paints because they contained chromium which was determined to be highly toxic and bad for some endangered fish or something somewhere.
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The yellow looks great.
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Name any manufacturer with the balls to produce a yellow motorcycle! Yeah, none but BMW. Dakar Yellow, baby! :neener:
They made a plum K75 also. I think someone in the paint dept. had a special, cruel, hatred of the K75 :neener:
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They made a plum K75 also. I think someone in the paint dept. had a special, cruel, hatred of the K75 :neener:
In the mid to late 80's that would have been a very hot color in Puerto Rico and a lot of the Caribbean, not to mention New York City.
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Worked for Datsun in the mid 70's and they painted 180B's in a colour I think was called wild plum. The head salesman had his VW Manx buggy painted the same. The worse colour they had which I can't remember the actual name was called baby poo brown by the staff. There has been some ridiculous colour trends over the years and some weird names to go with them. I don't think Dakar yellow is one of them.
Regards Martin
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There has been some ridiculous colour trends over the years and some weird names to go with them.
Bile, Carrion Grey, and Commie Red were nice.
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I remember in the mid-70's going to NAPA and going through paint books as I was selecting paint for a car. There was a paint called I kid you not "Jessie Jackson Black".
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My 2005 Dakar Yellow R1200 S ( it might also be Sun Yellow )
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My 2005 Dakar Yellow R1200 S ( it might also be Sun Yellow )
That's purty! Another fav of mine is the k1200 checkerboard
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It is one of my two favourite colour schemes - the other being the SE like Jack has
Jack would like a yellow s1000rr :hehehe :hehehe . He is still young enough to appreciate a little speed and confident enough to drive a yellow bike!